Marjorie Horihan

Marjorie Horihan, of Lanesboro, Minnesota, died on Sunday, October 27, 2013 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home where she had lived for 6 weeks. She was born near Burr Oak, Iowa, on August 31, 1916 to R.E. "Emmett" and Anna Mullaney Knox. She attended Canton High School, Canton, MN and Valders College in Cedar Falls, Iowa. On May 30, 1940, at Plymouth Rock Church, near the family farm, she married William J. Horihan. Marjorie and Bill lived and farmed near Lanesboro for 39 years until his death in 1978.

They raised six children, Charles (Kathryn) of Apple Valley, Colleen (Larry) Gorrilla of Presque Isle, WI, Cheryl (Jerry) Patrick of Huntington Beach, CA, John (Jennifer) of Lanesboro, Richard (Gayle Burdick) of Lanesboro, and Maureen (Daniel) Anderson, of Lanesboro. Marjorie had 17 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband and her six brothers, Harold, Leo, John, Adrian, Richard and Roger, two grandchildren, and a daughter in law.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 11 AM at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Lanesboro, MN. A visitation will be held Tuesday evening, October 29 from 5-8 PM at Johnson-Riley Funeral Home, Lanesboro, MN. and one hour prior to the funeral Mass at St. Patrick's Church. Burial will be at St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery.